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Movies: Italy Porn (For Ladies Only)


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Published June 4, 2010 at 8:57 p.m.
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There is a fantasy, spawned by W. Shakespeare, propagated by H. James, embraced by A. Hepburn and the Twins Olsen, that today goes something like this: a sad modern lady, one intimately familiar with the Lean Cuisine family of products, packs white linen pants, slinky black dresses, and several packs of Kleenex. She boards a plane, fed up with her soul-crushing home life. But upon arrival in glimmering Italia— She falls in love with the first man she encounters, and the pair consummate their

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Sex in the City 2 Celebration party at Whiskey Blue


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Published May 18, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Gather your girlfriends and head to the W Hotel New Orleans' Whiskey Blue bar (333 Poydras St., 525-9444; www.starwoodhotels.com) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, May 20, to celebrate the release of the new Sex and the City film. Swag bags for the first 50 participants, prize giveaways from the W Hot ...

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New Location: Jose Balli


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Published May 18, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Jose Balli (796 E. I-10 Service Road, Slidell, 985-690-5990; 1201 E. Judge Perez Drive, Chalmette, 279-7338; 70360 Hwy. 21, Covington, 985-892-8992; www.joseballi.com), a local jewelry company with creations featuring Louisiana motifs like crawfish and fleur de lis, opened a fourth location last mon ...

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Tim Reid and Frank's Place | "Frank's Place," the acclaimed 1980s sitcom about a New Orleans restaurant, will be SCREENED May 24 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY TWO DECADES


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Published May 17, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

In the fifth episode of HBO's Treme, there was a familiar face playing a judge during a brief scene in a courtroom. It was Tim Reid, the actor probably best known to baby-boomer America as DJ Venus Flytrap in WKRP in Cincinnati — but in New Orleans, he'll forever be remembered as th ... By Kevin Allman ...

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Pairing wine and food at New Orleans restaurants


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Published May 17, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Ordering off the wine list isn't always as easy as ordering off the menu. But sommeliers stock their cellars with wines suited to a restaurant's cuisine and can recommend bottlings to match your tastes and budget.  At Le Foret, general manager/partner Danny Milan and restauran ... By Brenda Maitland ...

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Bali Ha'i Revisited | Remembering the Bali Ha'i Restaurant at Pontchartrain Beach, where New Orleanians went tiki


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Published May 17, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

The things that get nostalgic locals wistful for bygone days tend to have only-in-New Orleans pedigrees. The seafood restaurants and camps that once honeycombed the lakefront; the glory days of shopping along Canal Street; the K&B pharmacy chain with its Mardi Gras-purple logo, long s ... By Ian McNulty ...

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Revenge of the Dinosaurs | I have a terrible habit when I watch movies: I focus an inordinate amount of attention on flaws in the plot


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Published May 17, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

  I don't get bent out of shape when Hollywood butchers a Louisiana accent, or when somebody crosses a bridge out of New Orleans and descends into the middle of Cajun country. These are storytelling conceits, necessary lies to compress the action and drive the narrative.  What ...

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The New Orleans Wine and Food Experience | The New Orleans Wine and Food Experience Rallies to Help Fishermen


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Published May 17, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

The New Orleans Wine & Food ExperienceMay 26-29www.nowfe.comOne doesn't often associate the appreciation of wine with great haste or a call to action. But the recent BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico got the board of the New Orleans Wine and Food Experience into high gear. I ... By Will Coviello ...

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Martina Cole - Woke up this morning, launched my own record label


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Published May 6, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
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Music is a hard thing to express a meaning for, but I'm with Nietzsche when he said that, "without music life would be a mistake". And if it is also the "food of love", put me down as one hell of a greedy girl. It is the only explanation ...

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If you read only one thing today, let it be this


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Published May 6, 2010 at 1:00 a.m.

On Monday, as I walked my dogs through our neighborhood in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, an enormous flock of seagulls accompanied us in the sky, swooping down to the streets, scavenging for food along the gutters, and screeching to each other with alarm. It isn’t unusual to see [ ... ] ...

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